GIKI Common Admissions Test (GCAT) 2013 For BS Management Sample Paper
GIKI Common Admissions Test (GCAT) 2013 For BS Management Sample Paper
Section 1 EnglishPassage
Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end.
The average voter can never be expected to form a useful opinion on the many detailed and complex issues of modern politics and economics. He may fervently wish for peace, but he cannot judge the best methods of securing disarmament and cooperation. He may wish for the abolition of unemployment and a better standard of life for all, but can hardly hope to judge in detail how these ends may be gained. A striking example of the effective working of the right kind of public opinion is given by the history of the housing of the working classes. One hundred years ago public opinion was indifferent; the most revolting slums were built. Gradually, under the pressure of public opinion, governments began to intervene and improve the standard of housing. Since the war, from the days of the “Homes for Heroes” campaign, public opinion has insistently demanded the abolition of the slums and the rapid building of new houses until a good house is provided for every family. Housing has become front page news in the penny press. As a result, every government has taken action, some in one way, some in another. Public opinion has not concerned itself with the particular methods to be adopted in dealing with the housing problem. It has wisely left such matters to the government, which has the benefit of the expert advice of the Civil service. None the less, it has been the steady pressure of public opinion demanding that the job should be done somehow which has been effective in greatly increasing the rate of building houses and in securing a new and better standard of working class housing.
Questions
1. What has compelled the government to build better working class houses?
A) The fear of the public
B) The steady pressure of public opinion that better houses must be built somehow
C) Many of the slum dwellers were heroes in the war
D) None of these
2. The average voter cannot be expected to form a useful opinion on modern polities economies because
A) Most are not experts in these areas
B) They do not know what policies and economics are
C) They are being exploited by the politicians
D) They have only a vague idea of what they need
3. Give the exact synonym of the word “abolition” as used in the passage
A) Production
B) Introduction
C) Destruction
D) Creation
4. What does the writer mean by “Homes for Heroes” campaign?
A) He means that heroes should be put into nursing homes
B) He means that homes for veterans returning from the war should be constructed
C) The slum dwellers should be given proper homes
D) The heroes did not want to live in slums
5. Which of the following conveys the opposite meaning of the word “demanding” as given in the last sentence of the passage?
A) Requiring
B) Charging
C) Begging
D) Exacting
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD/PHRASE THAT BEST COMPLETE THE SENTENCE
6. If the downward trend in revenues in not _______, the shortfall at the end of the year may by most astonishing.
A. eliminated
B. controlled
C. reversed
D. suppressed
7. All too often journalists fail to _______ personal privacy.
A. consider
B. regard
C. respect
D. admire
8. Mr. Rehan was _______ the Man of the Year by the Lion’s Club Society.
A. accounted
B. defined
C. announced
D. designated
9. It _______ to me that she was incurable.
A. suggested
B. flashed
C. happened
D. occurred
In each sentence Choose the best grammatical correct option
10. In winning its bitter, protracted battle to acquire Blue Industries, Inc, Belle Industries has fulfilled its goal to lesson its reliance on tobacco holdings, while the $5.2 billion deal may spur more takeover activity in the insurance industry. Analysts said.
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. Blue industries is in the tobacco industry
B. Belle Industries is in the insurance business.
C. Blue Industries is in the insurance business.
D. More divestment takes place in the tobacco industry than in the insurance industry.
E. More divestment takes place in the insurance industry than in the tobacco industry.
11. Typically, the entrepreneur is seen as an individual who owns and operates a small business. But, simply to own and operate a small business or even a big business does not make someone an entrepreneur. If this person is a rue entrepreneur, then new products are being created, new ways of providing services are being implemented. Which of the following conclusions can best be drawn from the above passage?
A. An owner of a large business may be an entrepreneur.
B. Someone who develops an enterprise may be considered an entrepreneur.
C. Entrepreneurs do not own and operate small businesses.
D. Entrepreneurs are the main actors in economic growth.
E. Entrepreneurs are inventors.
12. During the incumbent president’s term o office h succeeded in limiting annual increases n the defense budget by an average of 5 percents. His predecessor experienced annual increases of 8 percent, Therefore, the incumbent president should be given credit for the downturn in defense outlays.
Which of the following statements, if true, would most seriously weaken the above conclusion?
A. Some generals have claimed that the country’s defenses have weekend in the past year.
B. More soldiers were drafted during the former president’s term of office.
C. The incumbent president advocates peaceful resolution of international disputes.
D. The average annual inflation rate during the incumbent president’s term was 4 percent, while during his predecessor’s term it was 10 percent.
E. A disarmament treaty with a major adversary was signed by the incumbent president.
Answers of Verbal Sectio
1 = B ------------2 = A-----------3 = C -----------4 = B ------------5 = C
6 = C ------------7 = C-----------8 = D -----------9 = D ------------10 = C
11 = B -----------12 = D
Section 2 Mathematical sample question for entry test GCAT
1. Which of the following could be the measures of the sides of a single triangle?
1. 3, 4, 5
2. 5, 12, 18
3. 3, 3, 3
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1 and 2 only
E. 1 and 3 only
2. Of a certain group of 100 people, 40 graduated from High School X, 65 graduated from College Y, and 30 live in City Z. What is the greatest possible number of people in this group who did not
graduate from, High School X, did not graduate from College Y, and do not live in City Z?
A. 5
B. 15
C. 35
D. 65
E. 85
3. At the beginning of a certain job, the counter on a photocopy machine read 1254. At the end of the
job, the counter read 2334. If the running time for the job was 30 minutes, then what was the average operating speed of the machine is copies per second?
A. 6
B. 1.1
C. 6
D. 36
E. 2160
4. A merchant makes a profit of $10 on a certain item. If the dollar cost of the item is a whole number, then which of the following could NOT represent her profit as a percentage of her cost?
A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 25%
D. 40%
E. 80%
5. If x is an even number, which of the following must be odd?
I. 3x + 1
II. 5x2 + 2
III. (x +1 ) 2
A. I only
B. III only
C. I and II only
D. I and III only
E. I, II, and III
6. 0.2 × 0.02 × 0.0021 =
A) 0 .08
B) 0.008
C) 0.00008
D) 0.000008
Answers of Mathematical Section1 = E ------------2 = C-----------3 = A -----------4 = E ------------5 = D -------------6 = D
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